ABC 33/40 EWARN: Tornado Warning

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WFUS54 KBMX 041909
TORBMX
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
209 PM CDT FRI APR 4 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CALHOUN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...OXFORD...ANNISTON...
SOUTHWESTERN CLEBURNE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
EAST CENTRAL TALLADEGA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL ALABAMA...
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF TALLADEGA...

* UNTIL 300 PM CDT

* AT 208 PM CDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD
NEAR TALLADEGA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...
JENIFER AND BYNUM BY 230 PM CDT...
ANNISTON METRO AIRPORT AND HOBSON CITY BY 240 PM CDT...
OXFORD AND OAK HILL BY 245 PM CDT...
DEARMANVILLE AND ANNISTON BY 250 PM CDT...

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR
SOUTHERN ALABAMA. A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM
CDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN ALABAMA.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
CALL 1-800-856-0758.

LAT...LON 3358 8566 3350 8586 3350 8590 3348 8591
3339 8615 3347 8619 3372 8579
TIME...MOT...LOC 1909Z 239DEG 31KT 3345 8613

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